Hello. I'm trying to adjust a monsters level for the first time. I want to use a Bulette in an encounter. My 6 PCs are 4th level so I thought I'd bring the Bulette down to 6th or 7th level. So I am looking at pages 184-185 of the DMG to try and figure out the right numbers. But the current stats for the Bulette (MM 38) don't seem to add up to what the DMG says it should be. Here are some examples:
- According to DMG an elite lurker should have hit points of (6+Con+(lvl*6))*2. By my calculations that means a level 9 elite lurker with 22 Con should have (6+22+54)*2=164. Yet the Bulette has 204. Perhaps this is because the additional "plus twice it's constitution score" was errataed out from the DMG but the Bullette is still including it? Yet that should put the HP at 208 not 204, but it's close.
- According to the DMG an elite lurker should have an AC of Level + 14 + 2, which would be 25 at level 9. And yet the Bulette has a 27.
- Initiative bonus should be +4, and yet the Bullet has a +7 with only a 13 Dex. Shouldn't it be it's Dex bonus +4 for a total of +5?
Basically things just aren't adding up. Should I not expect them to? Do the monster stats in the DMG not match up with the MM? Is the MM2 any better? Am I missing some errata?
What is the best way I should go about adjust the Bulette's level to make it an appropriate challenge? Are there any tools online somewhere that aid with this?
Thanks for the help.
- According to DMG an elite lurker should have hit points of (6+Con+(lvl*6))*2. By my calculations that means a level 9 elite lurker with 22 Con should have (6+22+54)*2=164. Yet the Bulette has 204. Perhaps this is because the additional "plus twice it's constitution score" was errataed out from the DMG but the Bullette is still including it? Yet that should put the HP at 208 not 204, but it's close.
- According to the DMG an elite lurker should have an AC of Level + 14 + 2, which would be 25 at level 9. And yet the Bulette has a 27.
- Initiative bonus should be +4, and yet the Bullet has a +7 with only a 13 Dex. Shouldn't it be it's Dex bonus +4 for a total of +5?
Basically things just aren't adding up. Should I not expect them to? Do the monster stats in the DMG not match up with the MM? Is the MM2 any better? Am I missing some errata?
What is the best way I should go about adjust the Bulette's level to make it an appropriate challenge? Are there any tools online somewhere that aid with this?
Thanks for the help.